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MANILA Commission on Elections chairman Sixto Brillantes Jr. on Thursday said there is nothing wrong with the poll body's use of intelligence funds which are being questioned by former commissioner Augusto Lagman.

MANILA, Philippines A local restaurant chain has responded to the controversy surrounding American author Dan Brown's depiction of Manila as "the gates of hell" by creating a special dish.

Marco Polo Hotel Group 5/F, The Marco Polo Hongkong Hotel Harbour City, Hong Kong Phone: 2118-7232 Fax: 2118-7401 Visit Website Marco Polo Hotels, one of the leading hospitality brands in the Asia Pacific region recently launched its signature lifestyle magazine.

Fresh from a successful third season, Dance Theatre of Tennessee is poised to add another milestone in its young and exciting history.

Reelected Cagayan de Oro City Rep. Rufus Rodriguez said yesterday he would file a resolution with the incoming 16th Congress calling for Charter change .

A FIRE razed the Department of Psychiatry of Southern Philippines Medical Center along J. P. Laurel Avenue Wednesday morning.

Growing up in the fringes of the Dipolog city airport, Theodore Karl Quijano was bitten early by the lure of flight and that has taken him all the way to Colorado, where he graduates next week from the US Air Force Academy.

CBCP News quoted Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines and Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma as saying that he received a request from the Vatican to move the International Eucharistic Congress to a much earlier date.

Two people died, including the husband of a Central Philippines mayoralty candidate last as violence stepped up days before Filipinos take to the polls for the mid-term elections.

For the last five decades she believed that she was the natural child of her Canadian parents.

More and more Canada-based Filipinos are coming out with complaints against the Vancouver-based Philippine Consul Jose Ampeso, the most recent of which is a case of sexual harassment filed by a Filipina, reports Bulalat.com. Although an investigation has been proposed following the filing of formal complaints, Filipinos in Canada, who have ... (more)

While the New People's Army aimed to raise P500 million through their extortion activities during the last election period, the military said the insurgent group was only able to collect an estimated P26 million.

MANILA, Philippines Television host Willie Revillame is planning to devote his time on his businesses once his contract with the No.

The Department of Finance thumbed down a proposal to grant income tax holiday incentive to hotels and resorts in top tourist destinations in the Philippines.

Hong Kong-based conglomerate First Pacific Co. Ltd. is eyeing tracts of land in Davao Oriental for its planned foray in the agriculture sector, Manuel V. Pangilinan, the company's managing director and chief executive officer, said.

More than 100 congressional candidates of the ruling Liberal Party have defeated their opponents in the May 13 elections.

Despite decreasing production, Region 12 or Soccsksargen region remained as the top coffee producer in the country last year, Department of Agriculture officials said.

In this Nov. 14, 2012 file photo, protesters wearing flower costumes, display placards during a rally near the U.S. Embassy in Manila, Philippines to call on industrialized countries to act on the growing problem of climate change.

Percy Malonesio, head of the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines at the Kalibo International Airport , announced Tuesday that several airline companies had notified cancellation of flights to and from Taiwan beginning May 22.

Philippine President Benigno Aquino III addresses the media shortly after leading the 115th Philippine Navy anniversary celebration at Fort San Felipe, Cavite city, south-west of Manila, Philippines on Tuesday, May 21, 2013.